Cyber Skills for Lawyers
Built for legal practitioners, including in house lawyers, who hold client money and confidential instructions and are targeted precisely because a letter from a lawyer is trusted.
Who this course is for
Legal practitioners in private practice and in house, and the people around them who handle client funds, settlement instructions and confidential files. It assumes no technical background and does not require any.
Why lawyers are targeted
Because of their standing and their position in a transaction, lawyers are trusted on sight. Correspondence that appears to come from a law firm is acted on quickly and questioned rarely, and attackers have built entire methods around that single fact. The exposure is not only technical. It reaches client money, privilege, professional obligations and reputation.
What the course covers
Module 1: Cyber Security Fundamentals for Lawyers
What cyber security actually means in a legal practice, why it matters specifically for lawyers, the terminology you need in order to follow a conversation with an insurer or an IT provider, and the Australian laws and legislation that apply to you. The module closes with an assessment.
Module 2: Risks and Obligations
Breaches of the Solicitors Rules, risks to clients and third parties, risks to networks and data, reputation and branding risk, and a real world case example examining the HWL Ebsworth breach. The module closes with an assessment.
Module 3: Practical Protection
Protecting reputation and brand while building a cyber security culture in the practice, protecting clients and third parties, the Essential Eight applied to a law firm rather than in the abstract, and the legal and cyber security terminology that sits across both disciplines. The module closes with an assessment.
How you are assessed
Each of the three modules carries its own assessment. Questions are written so the correct answer can be reasoned from the material, and every required item must be completed for the course to be recorded as complete.
What you receive
On completion the Institute issues your credential with a verification reference that a client, an insurer or a regulator can check independently. Your progress and results stay available in your member learning area.
Before you enrol
An active AICS membership is required before enrolment, and enrolment opens once your membership is approved.
Create your account, complete membership, then enrol.